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Section 2 1 Experience/Background • Benchmarked landfills and other solid waste facilities that produce PEF or operate a MRF to gather data on equipment costs, operations and maintenance (O&M) costs, and overall advantages and disadvantages to these waste management methods; • Contacted solid waste facilities to assess the feasibility of attracting municipal solid waste (MSW) and recyclables from the surrounding communities for the proposed PEF facility; • Researched the potential market for the sale of PEF processed by the City; • Developed planning level capital and operations costs estimates; • Researched permitting requirements for PEF production and/or MRF operation; and • Determined the compatibility of the production of PEF and operating a MRF with existing and planned City programs. Single -Stream MRF Feasibility Study Lyon County, Minnesota SAIC assisted Lyon County, in southwestern Minnesota, in identifying single -stream collection options to promote cost saving benefits. The project tasks included: • Assessing the existing residential and commercial recyclable materials collection and processing activities in Lincoln, Lyon, Pipestone, and Yellow Medicine Counties; • Projecting quantities collected upon conversion to a single -stream recycling program; • Characterizing the size and processing capacity of a conceptual single -stream MRF to serve the region; • Identifying processing technology and facility operating requirements; • Estimating planning level MRF capital and operating costs; and • Providing a set of recommendations. As a result of the study, Lyon County procured a contract for single -stream recycling collection. Rather than construct a new MRF, the County chose to transport the commingled recyclable materials to an existing processing facility in South Dakota. Feasibility Study of Alternative Options for MSW Management Lyon County, Minnesota In 2008, Lyon County retained SAIC to evaluate the feasibility of two waste management technologies: 1) MSW shredding with subsequent landfill disposal at the Lyon County Sanitary Landfill, and 2) MSW shredding with subsequent production of refuse derived fuel (RDF) fluff or densified pellets. SAIC completed the following tasks: • Benchmarked landfills and other solid waste facilities that shred MSW and/or produce RDF to gather data on equipment costs, operations and maintenance (O&M) costs, landfill gas (LFG) generation rates, and overall advantages and disadvantages to these waste management methods; • Conducted site visits to landfills that shred MSW to obtain information on waste shredding operations and associated capital and O&M costs; SAIC Energy, Environment & Infrastructure, LLC 1 2-12